1. The Boston Celtics got their offense going against the Detroit Pistons through a familiar player, but in an unfamiliar way. Jaylen Brown was the primary option to open the game, but the Celtics did most of their work playing through Brown in the post early on.
Brown opened the scoring with a jump-hook through contact:
Later in the quarter, Brown dropped in a fallaway over the smaller defender:
Then, with his rhythm going, Brown works behind a Robert Williams screen for the pullup triple (Trust us that it went in. No idea why the clip cuts where it does.):
After the first period, Brown kind of went on cruise control, but it was fine. Others picked up the scoring load after his big start.
2. Al Horford’s night was cut somewhat short due to a sore right foot. Ime Udoka said postgame that Horford could have come back in, but with a big lead, the team chose to hold him out.
When Horford did play, he turned back the clock a little. This was a old-school Horford…
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